General Question

My dog is making a weird noise...

I gave my dog a piece of bread and she must’ve swallowed it wrong. She’s making a sound like a duck, sort of like sniffling. What can I do to make her either cough up the bread or swallow it down all the way?

My dog does that occasionally – it is a horrible sound. I took him to the vet, thinking it might be esophageal collapse, which small dogs can be prone to. He said it was reverse sneezing, and as long as it passed within a minute or two (and it was obvious the dog was breathing) it was ok.